Democrat Melissa Chaudhry has made it to the general election for Washington congressional district 9’s seat in the US House of Representatives. She’s challenging the nearly 28-year incumbent Democrat Adam Smith who has denied the genocide in Gaza. His largest donor by far is the pro-Israel AIPAC, the biggest source of Republican money influencing Democratic primaries. Chaudhry runs a grassroots campaign. Smith just voted to send $26 billion to Israel—$14.1 billion of which is for U.S-made weapons.

“The public has a right to art, art is for everybody.” -Keith Haring

Art and history seamlessly coincide in the Keith Haring exhibit at the MOPOP. Haring (1958-1990) is most renowned for his colorful art and unique shapes, which he often used as a vessel to bring light to social issues that were taboo or not widely spoken of during his time.

A grid is a series of intersections: real or imagined lines that demarcate and converge to create a pattern. Grids are used in our systems of computing, to balance the distribution of electrical power, in many of our cities’ street layouts, and have long been utilized as a tool of craftsmanship and artistic expression (Agnes Martin’s 1960s works, quilts, such as those by Agatha Bennet, and multiple works by Sol Lewitt in the 1960s and 1970s are just some examples).

The Grid, at Seattle Central’s Rosetta M. Hunter gallery, features women whose works tap into the allure of the grid in distinctive ways.

It's time again for the Seattle Queer Film Festival (SQFF)! In its 29th year, the festival has dozens of films that explore multiple facets of the LGBTQ+ experience. The festival offers both an in-person theater experience October 10th-13th and a virtual experience October 14th-20th with events and Q&As throughout.

Net Zero raises many questions with few solid answers: Is it really happening? Is it even possible? Will there be enough money? Is there enough staying power on the part of states, companies, and organizations?

When asked if wealthy people can truly call themselves “progressive,” former City Council candidate Alex Hudson stated her support by saying, “I would say that solidarity is not about what’s in your bank account, it’s about what’s in your heart. …We need to level up, we need to match our opponents and I think we have better ideas! I think we have more sound policies and…there’s more of us. And so we need the tools and resources to be able to build our movement, to sustain our movement beyond campaigns, and to communicate with voters. And that takes money. I think there’s a lot of people in Seattle who care about those things and share those values.”

When all construction on the freeway was completed in 1966, many public-spirited Seattleites and King County officials began talking about constructing a “lid” over the portion of I-5 between Union and Seneca Streets to reconnect First Hill to Downtown.

The most innovative aspect to Haag’s reclamation of the land had to be the bioremediation strategies he incorporated into its design. The process of bioremediation is the use of biological systems (typically bacteria, microalgae, and various forms of fungi) to remove environmental pollutants. Instead of simply cleaning out the industrial waste and moving it to another location (i.e. not really doing anything about it), Haag and his engineers decided to leave the waste onsite and have nature do its thing by degrading the pollutants organically over time.

How does film production help a city’s economy? Production for a single movie can include a team of hundreds of people (cast, crew, and staff). During a several months-long film shoot, this large team of personnel would infuse money directly into the local economy for food, transportation, lodging, entertainment, services, equipment purchases and rentals, and patronizing the many tourist attractions or outdoor activities that the Pacific Northwest boasts.

ACT Theatre and the Seattle Shakespeare Company recently announced that its respective boards are exploring a merger between the two Seattle theater companies. The prospective forging of the two would produce a new entity in the Seattle theater community as well as create an arts center that focuses on both classic and contemporary works housed in the historic Eagles Auditorium Building at 700 Union Street.